Onward Christian Warriors I first started exploring evangelical masculinity and militarism nearly a decade ago, not knowing that the presidency of Donald Trump would be its culminating chapter. I spoke on the topic at the National Women’s Studies Association and at the Paul Henry Institute, but then I set the project aside for a time.…

Upcoming talks: “The Academy and the Art of Religious Biography,” Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, April 12. “Detoxifying Masculinity through Story and Verse,” Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, April 14. Recent events: “Kool-aid, Slytherin, and the 81%: Defining Evangelicalism, and What’s at Stake,” University of Notre Dame, March…

As a historian of Christianity and gender, I started off doing quiet work on the relationship between Christianity and feminism in American history. But that research led to new questions, which led me to topics that unexpectedly ended up at the very center of things: Hillary Clinton and the fate of progressive Christianity, and Donald…